Firm mourns 6 colleagues killed in Nairobi hotel terror attack
Tributes have poured in for Cellulant’s six senior employees who were killed in the terror attack at the DusitD2 complex.
Cellulant, a tech firm, is one of the multi-national companies hosted in the office complex that was attacked Tuesday.
Terrifying scenes unfolded when attackers, armed with explosives and guns burst into the office complex on 14 Riverside Drive, Nairobi.
Twenty-one people were killed and many others injured.
Among the victims were Cellulant’s Head of Product Development Ashford Kuria, Hub Engineer Kelvin Gitonga, Head of Information Security Dennis Mwaniki, Quality Assurance Tester John Ndiritu, Implementation Engineer Wilfred Kareithi, Head of Hub Jeremiah Mbaria
Here is how Cellutant paid tribute to them:
- Ashford Kuria – Head of Product Development
Ashford was the ultimate geek. His knowledge of everything about everything was hilarious because he spent much of his time quietly working on his projects.
- Dennis Mwaniki – Head of Information Security
He was very humble and intelligent man. His intellect and quick thinking got Cellulant our ISO27001 information security certification.
- Jeremiah Mbaria – Head of Hub
Jere was not just a leader, he was a brother and a mentor. He guided his team with humility and corrected with humour. He loved God and everyone he came across and challenged his team to work on bettering themselves.
- John Ndiritu – Quality Assurance Tester
John was part of the Ecobank and bulk SMS teams, He was passionate about service improvement and worked on all the projects. John was best known for his humour.
- Kelvin Gitonga – Hub Engineer
Kelvin will be remembered as an intelligent and competent engineer who worked in the Hub implementation Department as a hub developer. He was very passionate about his job and everything about Java Script.
- Wilfred Kareithi – Implementation Engineer, Global Delivery Team
Wilfred was an energetic, always happy and an individual who never shied away from any difficulties. He epitomised our motto: Make Possible.
The company said a memorial service will be held on Tuesday at the CITAM church, Valley Road campus from 10.30am.
By Daily Nation
